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Wrestling Match between Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu and Matano Gorô Kagehisa, second edition


河津三郎祐安と海老名源八弘綱の相撲取り
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Miyakozawa
Japanese
Edo period
about 1844 (Tenpô 15/Kôka 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 76 cm (14 1/8 x 29 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3209.45-7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T141
DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.45 (left), 17.3209.46 (center), 17.3209.47 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.41075a-c (Ebisuya edition), 17.3209.45-7 (Miyakozawa edition)
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on right and left sheets), Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga (on center sheet)
一勇斎国芳画 朝櫻楼国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Hama
No blockcutter's mark
改印:浜
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)